WOODBURY - A Glassboro man says he was grateful when a woman he did not know gave him with a drink of water. But a jury Tuesday determined his thanks was stalking.

Bruce V. Davis, 48, was found guilty by a Gloucester County jury of stalking a Monroe Township woman starting in September 2016 when she gave him a drink of water because his medication made his throat dry, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.

The woman, who the prosecutor's office did not name, testified in Superior Court Judge Kevin T. Smith's courtroom that Davis came to her house in a rental truck several times a week for two to three weeks, but stopped when he was warned by police. Her boyfriend also testified he had a September 2016 confrontation with Davis, the prosecutor's office said.

In February 2017, Davis started to show up again, the woman told the jury in the Woodbury courtroom.

The woman told the court she had given Davis her email address when he offered a job opportunity. The email exchange occurred before the stalking began. The prosecutor's office said Davis sent her unsolicited email messages.

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Davis testified he was only thankful for the woman's kindness, the prosecutor's office reported.

The woman, however, told the court she was fearful of Davis because he is "much bigger than her," and she has two young children at home, the prosecutor's office said.

Davis will be sentenced on May 25. He has been held at Salem County Jail since his arrest in March 2017. The stalking charge is a fourth-degree crime carrying a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison, the prosecutor's office said.

Smith said he would sign a restraining order prohibiting Davis from contacting the Monroe Township woman, according to the prosecutor's office.